Just to reinforce what has already been said, here's what the Census thinks of CDPs:
Census Designated Places (CDPs) are the statistical counterparts of > incorporated places, and are* delineated to provide data for settled > concentrations of population that are identifiable by name but are not > legally incorporated* under the laws of the state in which they are > located. The boundaries usually are defined in cooperation with local or > tribal officials and generally updated prior to each decennial census. > *These > boundaries, which usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of > an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity boundary, have no > legal status, nor do these places have officials elected to serve > traditional municipal functions*. CDP boundaries may change from one > decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern; a CDP > with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the > same boundary. CDPs must be contained within a single state and may not > extend into an incorporated place. There are no population size > requirements for CDPs. > https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_place.html Actual local administrative entities tend to be Places and sometimes County Subdivisions, but it really varies by state. If you want to dig that deep, you can view info about each state's census geography here: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/geoguide.html Brad On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with Rich Welty- if you know the area and the CDP boundary > makes no sense, then remove it. > > The issue in the past has been where some people wanted to remove all of > them. > > - Serge > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> > wrote: > > I would like to remove Machias, Washington admin_level 8 since it does > not > > exist as a city in Washington. It has been there for a number of years > > apparently added by a bot. I plan to leave it as a CDP locality node. > There > > doesn't seem to be any chance that it will become a city and will most > > likely be annex by Lake Stevens. > > > > Before I do I'd like to hear people opinion about deleting these > > admin_level=8 for CDP boundaries. > > > > Clifford > > > > -- > > @osm_seattle > > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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